The History of Victory to Victory Church

Pastor John Hagger III is the founder and
pastor of Victory to Victory Church.

Prior to starting Victory to Victory
Church, Pastor John Hagger III was a fulltime businessman in
Houston, Texas as president and founder of Houston Town Car Service.

Victory to Victory Church is a 21st
century, family-oriented, Bible-based church designed to help people
know that “God always causes us to triumph in Christ Jesus” (II
Corinthians 2:14) and is here today due to that vision. The Lord
showed John Hagger III a vision of a place with a lot of acreage and
buildings.

The Lord told him, “it was in the Golden
Triangle and when he saw it, he would know it”. John Hagger III
searched down the coast of Port Arthur to Bridge City, and from
there, worked the interior. The weekend searching lasted for about a
year. Finally, in Beaumont, he found 4.8 acres of land in Jefferson
County on the west side of Beaumont.

He thought he would have to build the
church in his vision, but as it turned out there was already a
church that was occupied with an existing congregation. He contacted
the Pastor and gave him his testimony, telling him what God had
revealed to him. The current Pastor informed Pastor Hagger the place
was not for sale, but after carefully seeking the Lord, the Pastor
knew this was God’s plan and consented to release the church to
Pastor Hagger.

The first service was held December 9, 1990
and consisted of about fifty (50) friends and relatives. The church
was started on faith and was started with no members, no backers and
no promise for funding. Pastor Hagger’s business, “Houston Town Car
Service”, subsidized the Church for close to two years.

Pastor Hagger in December 1992 sold his
Houston business (which he owned since 1982) and went fulltime to
Pastoring Victory to Victory Church. His wife Evelyn followed suit
and in February 1993 gave up a 19 year career as a Documentation
Analyst at Houston Lighting & Power Company.